Seeing the future through eyes that are older

Tag: Caregiving

I took time away from writing while Dad had another case of bronchial pneumonia and a few other concerns. But thanks to prayers, modern medicine, and diligent helpers he’s back on track. And so am I. We’ve had a lot of company lately. All three of my sisters and some of their kids and grandkids… Continue reading A Father’s Day Poem

It had been a long few days for some reason. Today I was excessively tired. Perhaps a combination of sleep deprivation, lack of exercise, allergies, lousy eating habits, classic caregiver side effects. Just not quite feeling up to snuff. So tonight I looked forward to crawling back into my bed, where I’d sort of been… Continue reading The Grace Notes

Cue Rocky music Dad made it! I made it! WE made it! Today, March 16, 2016, sometime in the afternoon, Dad officially became the oldest member EVER of all his ancestors and equivalent relatives. He has surpassed his great-grandmother, Elizabeth Bullard Hyde’s, record of 101 and 53 days and he’s still going strong. Because I… Continue reading We Are the Champions of the World

Tonight’s words of wisdom from Dad: “Good news! I just urinated!” Ok, now, putting it into context, this was stated as I transferred Dad from his recliner to his walker to his wheelchair on the way to his bedroom, which then involves a changing of the guard…as in double Depends. He is always very happy… Continue reading I Guess That Depends

And so we come to part 3 of the pie chart See that big ‘ol yellow Pac-Man wannabe, seemingly chomping away at any awareness I may have had of what I did or did not know when it came to Alzheimer’s or Lewy Bodies Dementia? That pretty much sums up what it felt like when… Continue reading Body of All Possible Knowledge pt 3

6 Things I know I knew My sister is building a house and in the course of making some decisions about options available in the build she said, “I don’t know what I don’t know,” which got me thinking about a pie chart I’d seen before and how it related to my caring for my… Continue reading Body of All Possible Knowledge pt 1

One of the games we still play around this house is “Remember when?” which usually involves a sentence that includes “…Mom did/said…” This little game often keeps us laughing over and over again. It doesn’t matter what the memory is, 3 1/2 years later many of the stories involving her Lewy Bodies are pretty entertaining.… Continue reading Questions I Can’t Answer